>Quick status report on the current novel-in-progress. I’m currently at a smidge over 33,000 words, which means I’m running a little behind schedule again. The
Category: Technique
>I’ll name that suit in one
>Hop over to the Guardian Books Blog for Imogen Russell Williams’s thoughts on character names in SF and fantasy fiction. Seems like Imogen agrees with
>A writer’s playlist
>I write in silence. Is that odd? I don’t know. A lot of writers like noise, specifically music. Joe Hill has even published a playlist
>Setting the story aside
>This afternoon I finished writing a 7,500 word short story. And now I’ve got to set it aside. Tempting though it is to wrap up
>Writing, sensuality and the iPad
>Okay, Apple’s new iPad is a slick and sexy piece of hardware. What commuter wouldn’t want to look all Minority Report swishing their fingers across
>Catching lightning
>When I started this blog, I told myself I’d keep it positive. No whining. And I intend to keep it that way, but I’ve realised
